Morphogen rules: design principles of gradient-mediated embryo patterning

J Briscoe, S Small - Development, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
The Drosophila blastoderm and the vertebrate neural tube are archetypal examples of
morphogen-patterned tissues that create precise spatial patterns of different cell types. In …

Hedgehog signaling in cancer: a prospective therapeutic target for eradicating cancer stem cells

IN Sari, LTH Phi, N Jun, YT Wijaya, S Lee, HY Kwon - Cells, 2018 - mdpi.com
The Hedgehog (Hh) pathway is a signaling cascade that plays a crucial role in many
fundamental processes, including embryonic development and tissue homeostasis …

[HTML][HTML] METTL3 regulates m6A methylation of PTCH1 and GLI2 in Sonic hedgehog signaling to promote tumor progression in SHH-medulloblastoma

ZW Zhang, X Teng, F Zhao, C Ma, J Zhang, LF ** of mammalian developmental disorders
X Huang, J Henck, C Qiu, VKA Sreenivasan… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Mouse models are a critical tool for studying human diseases, particularly developmental
disorders. However, conventional approaches for phenoty** may fail to detect subtle …

[HTML][HTML] Cytoneme signaling provides essential contributions to mammalian tissue patterning

ET Hall, ME Dillard, ER Cleverdon, Y Zhang, CA Daly… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
During development, morphogens pattern tissues by instructing cell fate across long
distances. Directly visualizing morphogen transport in situ has been inaccessible, so the …

Morphogen gradient reconstitution reveals Hedgehog pathway design principles

P Li, JS Markson, S Wang, S Chen, V Vachharajani… - Science, 2018 - science.org
In develo** tissues, cells estimate their spatial position by sensing graded concentrations
of diffusible signaling proteins called morphogens. Morphogen-sensing pathways exhibit …

[HTML][HTML] Rethinking the cilia hypothesis of hydrocephalus

PQ Duy, ABW Greenberg, WE Butler, KT Kahle - Neurobiology of Disease, 2022 - Elsevier
Dysfunction of motile cilia in ependymal cells has been proposed to be a pathogenic cause
of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) overaccumulation leading to ventricular expansion in …

Stromal Hedgehog signalling is downregulated in colon cancer and its restoration restrains tumour growth

M Gerling, NVJA Büller, LM Kirn, S Joost… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
A role for Hedgehog (Hh) signalling in the development of colorectal cancer (CRC) has
been proposed. In CRC and other solid tumours, Hh ligands are upregulated; however, a …